"echeneid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: echeneids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} echeneid (plural echeneids)
  1. Any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish). Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish Synonyms (any fish of the family Echeneidae): echeneidid, remora, suckerfish

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